The Port Alberni, BC native played all of his junior hockey on Vancouver Island before a midseason trade to Penticton saw him change scenery for the first time in his career. It’s like you blink and it’s your last season of junior hockey and you feel like you’re a bit rushed to cherish those moments.” “First thing that comes to mind is that it was the fastest year of my life,” says Nico Somerville about his 20-year-old season as he concludes his junior hockey career with exactly 250 games played split between the regular season and playoffs, “I remember when I was 16, all of the 20-year-olds would say it goes by fast and to cherish every moment and I think that’s something that players overlook and brush it off but it’s true. With the 2019/20 season coming to a close, we will take a look at each of the six 20-year-olds on the Vees roster and look back on their junior hockey careers.
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